Civil Liberties, Preemptive Prosecution and Political Prisoners in the Post 9/11 Era. April 13, 2011. Lansing, Michigan. Laila Yaghi speaks about the arrest of her son Yiyad more than two years after returning from a trip to Egypt. This event was organized by Students for Social and Economic Justice at Michigan State University, and co-sponsored by the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms.